The Bombay High Court on Thursday set aside the schemes wherein allotment of houses was made to needy persons under the Chief Minister's discretionary quota. In a significant judgement, a bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka held that the policies for allotment of houses under the CM's quota were "illegal, unfair and irrational".The bench, however, granted liberty to the state government to frame a new policy for allotment of houses which should be transparent and fair to persons of all categories. The bench also restrained the state from making further allotments under the CM's quota in keeping with the existing policies. The judges also set aside a Government Resolution of November 30, 2011, which had set out a new policy for allotting houses under the CM's quota. Flats are alloted to freedom-fighters, artists, sportspersons, government employees, etc, from this quota.